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[[Image:StromThurmond1.jpg‎|right|250px|thumb|Senator Strom Thurmond]]

[[Image:StromThurmond1.jpg‎|right|250px|thumb|Senator Strom Thurmond]]

'''James Strom Thurmond''' (1902-2003) was a [[United States]] [[Senate|Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years.  He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He holds the record for length of service in the Senate, and is the only senator in US history to have been elected by write-in vote; he is the only major office holder in American history to serve at age 100.

'''James Strom Thurmond''' (1902-2003) was a [[United States Senate|Unites States Senator]] from [[South Carolina]] for over fifty years.  He served from 1954 to 1964 as a [[Democrat]] and from 1964 to 2003 as a [[Republican]]. He holds the record for length of service in the Senate, and is the only senator in US history to have been elected by write-in vote; he is the only major office holder in [[United States|American]] history to serve at age 100.

 

==Governor==

==Governor==

In the late 1940s, Strom Thurmond was a moderate and a modernizer who represented the middle class, the wealthy landowners,  and the business community in the state to bring in new industry. In South Carolina terms he was a [[New Deal]] liberal, but he rejected the populism of the "lint heads" (mill workers and poor farmers) led by Cole Blease and Olin Johnston. Thurmond belonged to the more conservative faction of the Democratic party led by [[James Byrnes]].<ref>Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson, ''Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond'' (2003), pp 121-22; ch 8</ref> As Governor of South Carolina, Thurmond said on a radio broadcast: ''"We need a progressive outlook, a progressive program and a progressive leadership."''  In his inaugural address as governor, Thurmond not only called for abolishing the [[poll tax]], but also advocated expanding workman's compensation laws, and better working conditions in plants and factories. He repeated his call for better public education, and told the state that ''"more attention should be given to Negro education".''  

In the late 1940s, Strom Thurmond was a moderate and a modernizer who represented the middle class, the wealthy landowners,  and the business community in the state to bring in new industry. In South Carolina terms he was a [[New Deal]] liberal, but he rejected the populism of the "lint heads" (mill workers and poor farmers) led by Cole Blease and Olin Johnston. Thurmond belonged to the more conservative faction of the Democratic party led by [[James Byrnes]].<ref>Jack Bass and Marilyn W. Thompson, ''Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond'' (2003), pp 121-22; ch 8</ref> As Governor of South Carolina, Thurmond said on a radio broadcast: ''"We need a progressive outlook, a progressive program and a progressive leadership."''  In his inaugural address as governor, Thurmond not only called for abolishing the [[poll tax]], but also advocated expanding workman's compensation laws, and better working conditions in plants and factories. He repeated his call for better public education, and told the state that ''"more attention should be given to Negro education".''  

Strom Thurmond was married twice. His first wife, Jean Crouch, died of cancer in 1960. He married his second wife, Nancy Moore, in 1968. She worked on his staff prior to their marriage.  

Strom Thurmond was married twice. His first wife, Jean Crouch, died of cancer in 1960. He married his second wife, Nancy Moore, in 1968. She worked on his staff prior to their marriage.  

==References==

==References==

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==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Bass, Jack, and Marilyn W. Thompson. ''Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond'' (2nd ed. 2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Ol-Strom-Unauthorized-Biography-Thurmond/dp/1570035148/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229410351&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search of 2003 edition]

* Bass, Jack, and Marilyn W. Thompson. ''Strom: The Complicated Personal and Political Life of Strom Thurmond'' (2nd ed. 2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Ol-Strom-Unauthorized-Biography-Thurmond/dp/1570035148/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229410351&sr=1-4 excerpt and text search of 2003 edition]

* Frederickson, Kari. ''The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968'' (2001) 310 pgs.  [http://www.questia.com/read/100781200?title=The%20Dixiecrat%20Revolt%20and%20the%20End%20of%20the%20Solid%20South%2c%201932-1968 online edition]

* Frederickson, Kari. ''The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, 1932-1968'' (2001) 310 pgs.  [http://www.questia.com/read/100781200?title=The%20Dixiecrat%20Revolt%20and%20the%20End%20of%20the%20Solid%20South%2c%201932-1968 online edition]

[[Category:Former United States Senators]]

[[Category:Former United States Senators]]